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Mary Alice Carfi — 2017 Tennessee Senate, District 17 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 17 Democratic

2017 Tennessee Senate, District 17 · totals since 2017

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 4 filings · Pre-General 2017–Q4 2017

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$6,474
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$57,166
includes $6,123 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $377. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$50,693
Donors
146
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2017 is $5,523.34, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2017, is $2,700.00 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2017 Amendment $6,474 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2017 reported receipts $18,136
Pre-General 2017 reported receipts $16,385
Pre-Primary 2017 reported receipts $19,669
Q3 2017 reported receipts $2,977
Reported receipts $57,166
From each filing:

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $50,503
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $190
Total spent $50,693
From each filing:
  • Q4 2017 Amendment $17,185 derived
  • Pre-General 2017 Amendment $23,325 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $23,163 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $163 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2017 Amendment $9,905 derived
  • Q3 2017 Amendment $277 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $250 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $27 filing-stated
Receipts
$57,166
Spent
$50,693

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

Largest part: individuals, itemized, 63% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $9K · 16%Individuals, itemized $36K · 63%Organizations and PACs, itemized $6K · 10%Unitemized contributions $6K · 11%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $36,120 ÷ Reported receipts: $57,166
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $9,033
Individuals, itemized $36,120
Organizations and PACs, itemized $5,514
Unitemized contributions $6,123
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $377
From each filing:

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$264average gift
$100median gift
137individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
15%
1%
$50–200
42%
13%
$200–1K
34%
42%
$1K–5K
9%
44%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $36,120 ÷ Individual donors: 137
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $36,120
Median gift $100
Individual donors 137
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).

Tennessee $38,049 Out of state $3,485
  • Lebanon $8K19%
  • Carthage $8K18%
  • Nashville $7K17%
  • Mount Juliet $3K7%
  • Gordonsville $3K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
  • Other out-of-state $3K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $3,485 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $41,534
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,485
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2017 – Dec 2017. Peak $21,759 in Oct 2017. Spending peaked at $22,880 in Nov 2017.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 69 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 78 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,220 and their names are withheld.

69 named donors 83 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Mary Alice Carfi Self ↺ paid $116.17 2 $9,032.64
Iron Workers L U 492 PAC 1 $2,000.00
Jeff Yarbro 2 $2,000.00
George McDonald 2 $2,000.00
Patricia Cowan 1 $1,500.00
Phyllis Eckel 1 $1,500.00
Rose Odonnell 1 $1,500.00
Arino De La Rubia Eduardo 2 $1,250.00
Sherry Fisher 3 $1,050.00
Mary Patterson 3 $1,000.00

Expenditures

18 vendors 47 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
E Allan Brandon 7 $25,126.88 50%
Hipps, Amelia 8 $10,616.96 21%
Kat Coffen 1 $5,000.00 10%
Facebook 10 $2,640.49 5%
Signs, PC 1 $1,472.25 3%
Opro, Llo 1 $1,344.72 3%
Wilson Living 1 $850.00 2%
Brady Watson 1 $650.00 1%
Actblue 7 $566.86 1%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $500.00 1.0%

Loans

$377.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $377
Loan principal shown $377
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Mary Alice Carfi) Candidate loan Sep 30, 2017 $377.00 $0.00 $377.00

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Mary Alice Carfi’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $20,523 41%
  • Staff & payroll $12,696 25%
  • Printing & mail $8,243 16%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,886 6%
  • Field & voter contact $2,794 6%
  • Office & operations $1,631 3%
  • Other $1,345 3%
  • Travel $243 0.5%
  • Fundraising & events $142 0.3%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2017 Amended $5,523.34 $6,473.71 Source: Q4 2017 filing Report 90407
Pre-General 2017 Amended $12,463.58 $5,523.34 Source: Pre-General 2017 filing Report 81697
Pre-Primary 2017 Amended $2,700.00 $12,463.58 Source: Pre-Primary 2017 filing Report 81696
Q3 2017 Amended $0.00 $2,700.00 Source: Q3 2017 filing Report 81698